# Incident 20031220035021I: Cessna 172N, Homestead, FL, December 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2003, 10:40 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Airport: Homestead Genrl Aviation Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5412D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5412D-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total, 75 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031220035021I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON SATURDAY, 20 DEC 2003, A CESSNA CARAVAN, N9639F AND A CESSNA 172, N5412D EXPERIENCED A MIDAIR COLLISION ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 AT HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT, X51. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. EACH AIRCRAFT LANDED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COLLISION, WITH MINOR DAMAGE. THE CESSNA CARAVAN LANDED ON THE RUNWAY AND THE CESSNA 172 LANDED IN THE GRASS, ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY ON THE WEST SIDE. THE CESSNA CARAVAN IS OPERATED BY SKYDIVE MIAMI, AND BASED AT THE HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED SKYDIVERS AWAY, AND WAS DESCENDING IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN BACK TO THE AIRPORT. THE CESSNA 172 WAS RENTED FROM DEAN INTERNATIONAL AT TAMIAMI AIRPORT (TMB) BY THE LOCAL CIVIL AIR PATROL. THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WAS CONDUCTING CADET ORIENTATION FLIGHTS FROM TMB TO X51, FOR THE 100 YEARS OF FLIGHT. THE CESSNA CARAVAN WAS ABOVE THE CE-172. THE CARVANS LEFT MAIN TIRE WAS STRUCK BY THE CESSNA 172'S PROPELLER, ON APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9639F, Cessna 208: [Incident 20031220035022I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031220035022I)

## Other reports on N5412D (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20210806006989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210806006989A), Aug 6, 2021: Cessna 172N (N5412D), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. On August 6, 2021 @ 10:00, a training flight was scheduled at [privacy data omitted]. The purpose of the flight was to provide dual instruction for a private…
- [Incident 19791121045049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791121045049I), Nov 21, 1979: Cessna 172N (N5412D), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. Student on 1st solo touch and go applied power. Aircraft swerved left, came to rest in grass. Prop nicked.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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